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The 2024 Indonesia General Election Vulnerability Index

How Indonesia prepares themselves for 2024 general election

7 min readDec 1, 2023

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As a democratic country, Indonesia holds a presidential election every five years, with the next scheduled for 2024. As a symbol of democracy, Indonesians eagerly welcome the elections to elect their next president. However, unfortunate tendencies arise as supporters align with their candidates, potentially causing horizontal conflicts. To avert such clashes, Indonesia’s oversight body, known as BAWASLU, has developed an index reflecting the probability of vulnerability during elections across provinces and cities/districts in the country.

What constitutes this index? Which province has the highest index? You’ll discover the answer after reading this article!

Understanding the General Election Vulnerability Index

General election vulnerability index or GEVI is an index that represents the likelihood of violation election in specific area. The GEVI is firstly created in general election in 2014 by the General Election Supervisory Agency (BAWASLU) as an institution in Indonesia that one of its roles and authorities is to monitor and ensure elections are conducted in…

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